paid to those qualifying employees uninterruptedly operating sidewalk plows until the work
related to the snow event is completed.
3. The Division of Public Works will be able to utilize non-bargaining unit employees
of the Division for snow events only after all bargaining unit members have been called and
offered the opportunity to work or left a message indicating such an opportunity. Such method of
contact would be conducted through a process that provides the number called and time of the
call and no additional AFSCME Bargaining Unit employees are available during a snow event.
Further, the use of non-bargaining unit employees of the Division will not diminish the right of a
bargaining unit members from coming in later to replace a non-bargaining unit employee of the
Division to complete the bargaining unit work that remains. Employees interested in coming in
after the initial call out shall call in and provide at least a 30 minute notice of their intent to
return provided bargaining unit work remains to be completed.
4. The start of an event shall commence once pretreatment or plowing occurs or a call-in
occurs, whichever is earlier. Should an employee respond in at a later time, the start of the event
shall be from his/her arrival to the worksite. All hours worked on an event during normal
working hours shall count towards the total hours for the event. Employees will be paid from
time badged in for a snow event,
5. Each Monday a volunteer sign-up sheet shall be posted for the week commencing 14
days later. The sign-up period closes Friday at 12:00 p.m. the week of the posting. A separate
list shall be established for employees to sign up for all weeks for the duration of the snow
season as defined in Section 11. A separate list will be established for employees hired prior to
July 1, 2006 to sign up if they do not want to be contacted about snow event(s) for a full week.
6. Solid Waste employees shall be eligible at all times to volunteer for overtime.
7 Sidewalk clearing shall be considered as part of any snow event. Overtime for sidewalk
clearing shall be in accordance with Article 9 Overtime.
8. Snow Removal operations (Hauling) shall be in accordance with Article 9 Overtime.
9, Volunteer lists will be posted in all Public Works Departments.
10. Snow event transgressions would be disciplined separately, according to the “Just Cause”
standard. Any volunteer who has been given advance notice and accepts overtime but does not
respond for said work without adequate justification may be subject to disciplinary action.
11. The Snow Season begins the 2nd Monday of November and ends twenty (20) weeks from
that date.
12. Management will not arbitrarily or capriciously declare a snow emergency.
